//melodyloo

2012-02-02T21:39:00.000+08:00

There a people who has it worse. So don't complain.

It's not impossible. So don't complain.

Other people could do it. So don't complain.

Be grateful. So don't complain.

You made the choice. So don't complain.

And just live with it.

2012-02-02T21:30:00.000+08:00

Lost and confused. Caught in a daze.
I don't know what I should do because I haven't even got a clue what I want.

2012-02-02T21:28:00.000+08:00

College, university, get called to bar, chamber, work.

Then what?

2012-01-17T23:08:00.000+08:00

2012-01-17T18:36:00.001+08:00

"State your name and an interesting fact about yourself."

Name: Melody.
Interesting fact: ...

Introducing yourself seems like a simple task. But when my lecturer asked us to include an interesting fact about ourselves, I have to admit, I was stumped. It really got me thinking: What exactly makes me an interesting individual?
I don't have a trademark. I'm no longer passionate about the things that used to make me happy. I don't have exciting stories to tell. I've not achieved anything worth talking about. I have no mentionable talents. There is nothing remotely interesting about me. Not anymore at least.

It has not always been like this. Over the years, there were certain traits people would recognize me for. I was stronger than most boys my age. I was the obvious tomboy. I used to claim sarcasm as my mother tongue. I was the walking dictionary. I was overtly passionate about photography. I was the HTML geek. I had a knack for remembering everyone's birth dates. But now, nothing. Nada. Zilch. There is nothing that I truly feel ardent about. I've become so incredibly dull that even my preference palate is non-existent. I have no strong likes or dislikes. I am basically okay about anything. I can't tell you what my favourite song is, because I don't have one. I haven't had one for a long while now.

Maybe photography is the one thing some people will always associate me with, but that's only because of the name I've built for myself in high school. Now that I'm in college, I highly doubt I'd still be know as the photographer. As much as it kills me to say it, my fervor for photography is noticeably less intense compared to when I just started. And honestly speaking, even on an amateur level, I am not particularly good in photography.

It seems like my mind does not fully comprehend the definition of growth. I'm going backwards when I should be evolving into a more accomplished being.
I feel as if all the colours have been washed off me, and I'm now nothing but a blank canvas.

I need to reinvent myself.

2012-01-03T20:09:00.002+08:00

You know you're not the one when he has eyes for another girl's smile.

Screw insecurities.

2011-12-21T16:03:00.095+08:00

It's not news that I'm a nocturnal being. But it has been a while since I've stayed up long enough to be greeted by the morning sun.

For the first ever time, I tried to visualize how my future would unfold. And I don't mean fantasizing about about an ideal future. I'm talking about taking everything into account, considering all possible factors, and viewing things realistically.

Alas, I am no soothsayer.

And for a cynic such as myself, that's the scary part: Not having the slightest clue what's in store for you.

Typically, I'm one to go with the flow. Whatever happens, happens. That has always been my philosophy. However, it seems that this particular philosophy isn't the best one to live by. Because really thinking about it, you can't just wander aimlessly about in life.
At this point in life, you are expected to be sure of what you want and what you've got to do to achieve it. The actions you take now will affect your future. There is no room for fooling around, no time to waste. You can't afford to mess up. Don't disappoint the people around you. Sure, one can argue that you can always redeem yourself if you do screw up. But honestly, who wants to go through the humiliation that ensues if you do screw up in the first place? And what if you mess up so badly that redemption isn't even an option?

What if one day I wake up and realize that I've chosen the wrong path? What if I really am that incompetent and can't even secure a lower second class honours law degree for myself, so a first class honours is out of the question? What if I can't get a job to support even myself, let alone my family? What if I do screw up and disappoint my parents, the very people who have invested their valuable time and money in me my whole life? What if...
I know the worst case scenarios are not inevitable. But despite all the effort and hard work, what if it's just not meant to be?

2011-12-18T04:55:00.004+08:00

I'm well aware that Law and Mass Comm are on the opposite ends of the career spectrum, and of course I cannot have the best of both worlds because such is life.

Law has always been my first choice as a career. Ever since a tender age (and after getting over the phase of wanting to be teacher/author/singer/actress etc.), I knew with certainty that that's what I'm going to pursue. I have no concrete reason as to why I was so sure. I just knew.
However, upon entering high school, I've indulged myself in the wonders of photography, journalism, and broadcasting. And after years of being involved in those, I thought a new door has opened and Mass Comm seemed like a possible career path.

When my High School chapter ended, I was faced with the decision as to how I would want the new chapter to start out. The basic storyline would remain unchanged - College. But how the plot unravels and who the characters will all depend on this very decision I make.
Not to mention that it will also be the key element as to how the oncoming chapters (University, Work, The Ending) will turn out to be like.

Personally, my problem with Law is A-Levels is how it's 100% examination-based. I know that is the silliest "problem" there is. But the examination-based concept does not appeal to me one bit. I also cannot stand how rigid it seems. I want to obtain my education by means of learning, and not just studying (does that make sense?). And with A-Levels, I feel that it would mostly be the latter.
But people have told me: If I can't handle A-Levels, I might as well not take Law. To that I say: When I get into Law, it will all be examination-based, and I'll be ready to embrace that then. But before I have to, why can't I spend my Pre-U years with hands-on learning?

The problem with Mass Comm is that, well, when your options are at the opposite end of the spectrum, your Asian parents will tend to fall to the degree-which-will-ensure-you-a-good-career-and-rewarding-paycheck end of the spectrum. My dad even scoffed at the idea of me getting into Mass Comm, saying that I am capable of doing better.
But they say that if you want to do something with passion, you will execute it well. And when you're good at doing something you enjoy, wouldn't the consequence be rewarding?
Alas, but what does this 16-year-old know? Plus, it's not like I'm particularly good at photography and/or broadcast journalism seeing as how I could not even prove myself as a worthy recipient of the CCA Award for Broadcast Journalism.

Ultimately, I am most probably sticking to what I've always been so sure of venturing into, and that is Law. I mean, it isn't something that is forced on to me, so it's a win-win situation.
Photography and journalism would have to be maintain its status as a mere hobby. But there will be no complains from my end, because I'd rather that as opposed to not having it entirely.

Plus, how can I forget my friends who have already booked me as their future lawyer?

2011-12-18T02:39:00.001+08:00

Maybe I'm just psyching myself out. Or maybe not.
At this point, there shouldn't be anything for me to worry about. But instead, all I can think about is how you can do so much better than me.

I can't seem get over the thought that I'll never mean as much to you as she did.

2011-04-11T19:16:00.003+08:00

Seriously, C for English? (Barely passed, to be more specific).

I am not kidding when I say in all the English exams/tests/quizzes I've sat for since pre-school, this is the first time I've gotten below an A.

And for the last exam before the actual IGCSE? Major blow.
There goes whatever little hope I had!

2011-04-11T19:11:00.002+08:00

Plans for Post-IGCSE

I am definitely not enjoying this current stage of my life. This is the first ever major exam I have to sit for in my life, and I'm doing a shit job preparing for it.

BUT MAN OH MAN, I can't wait for this to be over! Sure, I'd miss high school but we all have to move on, huh?
And I'd probably still be involved with FHC2011 events (SFA: GC, debate, CeMA) so it won't be so bad :)

Plans for Post-IGCSE:
- Shop for camera lens
- Photography projects
- Redecorate my room
- College hunting
- Possible internship
- Dye my hair/get a tattoo? (still considering)

I probably had more in mind, but it's not coming to me.

Carpe Diem

2011-02-22T02:02:00.002+08:00

"Carpe diem. Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary." -Dead Poet's Society

It’s almost 2AM on a school night and I just finished watching Dead Poet’s Society :)
I must say, it’s an amazing movie.

Plot (from imdb): Painfully shy Todd Anderson has been sent to the school where his popular older brother was valedictorian. His room-mate, Neil, although exceedingly bright and popular, is very much under the thumb of his overbearing father. The two, along with their other friends, meet Professor Keating, their new English teacher, who tells them of the Dead Poets Society, and encourages them to go against the status quo. Each, in their own way, does this, and are changed for life.

This pictures makes me all happy for some reason.

And of course, Charlie "Nuwanda" Dalton is undoubtedly my favourite character:

I mean, what's not to love? ;)

2 more DPS pictures, courtesy of http://www.movieoftheday.tumblr.com

I'm aware I'm probably one of the last people on Earth who just saw the movie, but if you haven't, GO WATCH IT!

AZN PRIDE

2011-02-06T17:59:00.005+08:00

Spent today in Gardens with the bbbbf :) We wore matching-coloured shirts once again! I had on a darker shade of gray while he was wearing a lighter shade. BBBBF connection! :D Rofl.
We had lunch at Papa Rich and basically just caught up. Gosh, it's crazy that I feel like it's been forever since we've actually talked.

We watched The Green Hornet before going back (y). But I feel bad that Lock paid for my ticket :( We watched it in 3D so it was expensive, but he insisted on paying. Well, I paid for lunch at least. Gosh, I've got to stop letting him pay for stuff as this isn't the first time :/
Anyway, I've got to say Jay Chou surprised me with his acting :)

Lets face it, The Green Hornet is nothing without his nameless sidekick.

But out of all the amazing machines in The Green Hornet, Win Lock's favourite one is the coffee machine -.-

Oh oh oh, and I saw Joanne :D
I don't deny the awkwardness, but it was nice seeing her again :)

A day well spent :) Good way to end the holidays.

Prank Calls

2011-02-03T00:19:00.001+08:00

So I got a prank call from Isaac and his friends at 2AM yesterday morning. They posed as a dodgy art school offering me a scholarship for photography, and I was supposed to email them at naughtyboy92@hotmail.com or something -.-

And I just got another “prank call” from Chi Kei. I use inverted comma because 1) She used her brother’s cellphone number which I have in my contacts and 2) I can recognize her voice anywhere. The call started with “I whip my hair back and forth” and I worry she’s over-medicated :/ But I’ve got to admit her call made my night :P

Study Kills, 2011

2011-01-29T00:24:00.009+08:00

Whoops, sorry. I totally meant to put Study Skills.

So the Year 11s of Cempaka International School just had our Study Skills.
It's basically 2 days of motivation talks and talks on the right studying techniques for our upcoming IGCSE (which is 100 days away, starting from today).

Some of the lectures were alright, I suppose. I particularly enjoyed Dr. Rizal's talk where he used Dixit cards to illustrate his points.
But that was about it. Some talks by the guest speakers included religion (pray before your exams because everyone believes in God, etc). I personally think that should have been left out. Especially when you're talking to a general group of of people about studying. But I digress.

The correct method to studying Mathematics, talk by Dr. Barry.
Praying to God wasn't one of them. Just saying.

We had to make a video with our group members regarding our given subject (chemistry). I was glad I was teamed with Dexter, Phoebe, Alena and Haris :) Not gonna elaborate much on it, but I think it's safe to say we did a fairly adequate job :P Considering our time limit and everything :/

Yeah... I still pretty much suck in Chemistry.

One of the last things done for Study Skills was being shown the movie "Secret".
Lets just say I decided to utilize my time by reediting our video chemistry instead.
I'm going to have a separate post on this, so lets move on.

Getting ready for our group picture was great fun! Dr. Rizal had the idea of us forming an A*, and the process of doing so was hilarious!

Credits to the new head photographer, Lee Hao Zhi :)

We ended study skills with playing Ultimate Frisbee! :) I was anticipating for a water balloon fight, but I definitely didn't complain when I found out otherwise.
My team lost the first match, but it was good fun nonetheless. At least we won our second match :D I played a little bit of football in between, with Melanie, Lanee and Brent.
To quote Phoebe, "Playing frisbee with the whole of Year 11 was such a nice way to end study skills. Had so much fun!"

And before I forget, I'll have to create and adapt to a schedule REAL SOON!

Courtesy of Ms. Ender

I suppose I have relatively summed up Study Skills 2011! :)

p/s: I KNOW YOU GUYS LOVE ME FOR FINALLY UPDATING!

Random footnote: The food served during study skills was alright. I just wish they didn't serve them in such tiny portions -.-

2010-12-27T07:32:00.002+08:00

I know I haven't been blogging like how I hoped I would, but I really have to share this:

http://blog.pokkisam.com/content/brilliant-photography-natgeo-archives

A wonderful collection of pictures from National Geographic :) CLICK CLICK CLICK, especially if you're an aspiring photographer :)

Reminder

2010-11-19T00:29:00.002+08:00

I don't care. I WILL blog about Platinum Expedition, Insomnia and Kaleidoscope.

I know these events were ages ago. But in retrospect, they are major events in 2010 which I took part in and absolutely LOVED. The amazing moments spent with amazing people, and the camaraderie made along the way, y'know? :)

~~Memory, please don't fail me.~~

2010-11-17T18:29:00.001+08:00

“ …told with such authority that an age gap of a couple of years can produce an understanding of human nature so fucking godly as to be unfalsifiable."

-JScarper

p/s: no numbered posts until I decide on some stuff.

If I Die Young...

2010-11-17T03:12:00.004+08:00

Bury me in satin,
Lay me down on a bed of roses,
Sink me in the river at dawn,
Send me away with the words of a love song.

- If I Die Young by The Band Perry
Current favourite song. Just thought anyone would be interested in knowing.

Greetings fellow ~~(probably non-existent)~~ readers :)
I highly doubt people still come here anymore. Heck, even I don't come here often anymore.

I'm in fact rather disappointed. Not because of the decline in readership, but that I've overcome the habit of blogging. I've got a list of habits that are deemed undesirable, yet this is the one that I let subdue /facepalm
I remember when I accidentally deleted my prior blog. I was in a state of abjection (lol not) but I got over it and started a new blog under the same URL. "You know what? No point crying over spilled milk. Or a deleted blog. Future me will at least get to read the new blog."

Yeah, then Tumblr happened :/

Don't get me wrong, I ain't hating. I mean, Tumblr is a great place for reblogging materials but my blog posts gradually became sporadic and eventually I ceased blogging altogether. I occasionally write in Tumblr, but in between every text posts are 50 pages worth of pictures so it's pretty inconvenient.

I've always liked the idea growing up and still be able to look back, with the aid of my blog to remind me of minute details that would eventually seep through the hairline cracks of my mind as I age. I suppose I wou--

OKAY I'm done being sentimental. Time for a new topic...

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PRE-TRIALS ARE OVAHHHHHH, immediately followed by a 5-day weekend :D OH YEAHHHH.
And who can forget, SENIOR PROM next week!
Confession: I am honestly not as eager as I want to let on. At 3.27 AM, I can only regard the aforementioned events with insouciance.
Okay, sure there are still the dreaded exam results to anxiously anticipate for, and my dad expects to me magically adapt to a schedule which includes me having to study. Puh-lease, as if.

On a different but not totally unrelated note - there's only one more week of school left. Sort of ambivalent about this. Looking forward to the holidays, but I can't say the same about 2010 passing so quickly :/ It's insane how time flies.

Before I click on "Publish Post", I shall further amuse anyone who might stumble upon this post with...

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Kthxbai :)

Of High School; Exams & Senior Prom

2010-11-13T03:35:00.002+08:00

(Originally posted on Tumblr)

You know what? I can’t believe I’m in Year 11 now. 5 more months until graduation, and 6 more until IGCSE :/ HOLYCRAP time is going by fast. I ain’t looking forward to graduating just yet.

Anyways, I’m in the midst of pre-trials. I’ve got 6 more papers to go - Maths P2&4, Physics P1,3&5 and English P3. Guaranteed screwed for Maths and Physics, but I digress.

CIS Prom is in 2 weeks time! :O We’re organizing it this year, so you can bet on it being awesome ;) I have faith in John, lol.

Downside - it’s going to be on a Friday. With school & Report Card Day happening, I’m still trying to figure how I’m going to find time to get ready and everything :/ Because unlike the last two proms, I plan to get an actual prom dress and have my face smothered with chemicals. What is it called again? Right, make-up. Speaking of which, I’ve yet to get a prom dress :O

I’ve actually went shopping for a prom dress with my mum, and ultimately bought 3 dresses (along with some other stuff) - none which I plan to wear for prom. I told my mum there’s no point in buying them but she got it for my anyways, saying that we’ll go prom dress shopping again. My mum’s attempt of making me feminine. Lol. Sorry mum, not going to happen anytime in the near future.

Number #I DON'T KNOW

2010-06-14T20:03:00.005+08:00

Cempaka Schools Presents; Beauty and the Beast
No, this isn't a review. Just my thoughts of being a member.

Our last show, was by far the best one :)
The energy and performance delivered by the cast was simply amazing, and the audience's reception just made it worth our while :) This being said from one of the "people over there", so you know I'm not kidding.

Unsurprisingly, everyone in the company shed tears after the last video was shown yesterday. Everyone, except me (and some very few other people).
I even tweeted this a few days prior to our last show;

Ashleigh's reply to me was, & I quote, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU??????!!!!!!"

Well, nothing's wrong with me really. It's just an opinion, my opinion.
Unfortunately for me, I didn't feel the magic the rest of you did. Maybe I was a little pessimistic, but the rehearsal system didn't appeal to me.

You know what? I won't even miss production. Cue multiple gasps from the BatB company
I won't miss morning exercises (I'm pretty uncoordinated, so it's humiliating)
I won't miss having to go for rehearsals until 4.30 pm and missing all my after school activities (It's been a while since I've attended YJC & CAC meetings)
I won't miss having to sing the same lines over and over again (It gets tiresome, y'know?)
I won't miss having layers of make-up dabbed onto my face (It's unnecessary & it causes pimples)
I won't miss having to sit by the side of the stage for the most of the two and a half hours & missing the entire show, even though we're actually there! (we don't even have proper seats)
I won't miss being given the incorrect shirts for the show (we've got orchestra & crew -.-)
I won't miss watching all the PMUs and not ever spotting the VE in it (No matter how many times I've brought this up to En. Raphael, we're still never in it)
I won't miss being the least acknowledged group of the whole BatB company ("the people over there")

So you see, production wasn't all that great for me.

BUT. If for one second you think that I didn't like the people from the BatB company, you are so off track. Albeit being horribly unappreciated, I wasn't completely miserable. I might have dreaded production rehearsals, but you guys made it bearable for me :)

Vocal Ensemble;
Thank you for making each rehearsals something to smile about :) Will definitely remember all the ~~spazz~~ moments i.e Ali Baba & the 4o thieves, "Icka becka soda cracker...." and so much more!

Yu QI; You sassy 11-year-old girl :) My fellow soprano 1, and my apparent long-lost sister. I'll be seeing you in school, so be good! *POKES*
Amanda; We've established that you could be Mulan, thanks to the make-up x) I think Ms. Low is right - you're definitely the sweetest one in the group :)
Erina; It sucks that you couldn't be there for the first 2 shows ): Glad you could make it for the remaining 4 though :) Take care!
Irina; The positive one, always eager for the group to do our best! It's hard not to smile when in your company x)
Ji Anne; Queen of Ali Baba! One of the loudest ones in VE. Not to mention one of the funniest too :) Keep up being awesome! :P
Yik Chiaw; Also one of the loudest ones :P The one who always reminds us to sit straight and be professional. Thanks for having the persistence to keep us from slouching :)
Kar Kei; I'm glad I've gotten to know you better :) Good to know that off the field, you're not ganas *ahem*NETBALL*ahem* :P You're actually really nice :) Yay for niceness!
Aishah; DE! :P "Shawty like a melody in my head.... Geddit, geddit?" PSSH. I'll untie YOUR shoelace one day, and we'll see how you'd like that :P Will miss you loads!
Kelvin; ALO! I still remember about YOU KNOW WHAT :P I quote myself, "You are so FARNY :B" Take care of your epic face! x) Hope to see you around soon :)
Samuel; You emo winnie-the-pooh. Nothing to say about you. CHEH. See you in school best friend :)
Mark; You know, you're actually pretty okay. Just minus a whole lot of ANNOYING, okay? :)
Adila & Lauren; I'm so bummed that you guys had to stop VE :'( But regardless, it was nice getting to know you guys :)

Everyone Else;
(If you're not mentioned, I probably already know you pretty well even before BatB. So yeah.)
Jun Vinh; Haro! I know that we aren't that close, but you've been incredibly funny - and that always makes each rehearsals so great :) p/s: We supposedly look alike? Haha.
Jo Anne; You are such a nice person! Gave me a pleasant surprise when you were concerned about me when I wasn't feeling well. Thank you :)
Sampras; Another funny man :D Have fun trying to convince Sam that you guys aren't married :P hehe.
Ji Lian; I would've never imagined you as one of the Silly Girls. Man, this you prove a whole lot of us wrong x3 It was nice seeing you again :)
Ashleigh; First person in the BatB company to constantly use my name in puns (shortly followed by Aisha :P) I'm glad you find my name so amusing x) & your laugh is contagious! :)
Auriel; "What's the time?!" HAHAHA. Gosh, it's scary when get hyper. But at the same time, funny nonetheless! :) Take it easy once in a while, okay? There's no need to kick people :P
Julian; GOSH, you are beyond adorable! Thank you so much for keeping VE entertained with your elaborate piano-playing skills :)
Kuah; Thanks for sharing the Damansara Campus YJC system :P Good to know that you're the only male Head in D'sara. Hope to see you around soon! :D p/s: Nikon FTW :P
Nigel; HELLO NIGEL :D Sorry if I've freaked you out, but you're just too cute :D Don't grow anymore okay? x)
Siow Yin; You have definitely grew out of "Vince Junior/Mini Vince". Now you're making your uniqueness more distinguished! :) p/s: You shouldn't grow (physically) either :P
Rachel; *fakes crying* HAHA. Gosh, you make such a good undercover secret agent, especially when it comes to getting more food. LOL :D
Ga Wei; Why must you change school! ): And I only found out so late! Was supposed to help you out with photoshop, but oh well. I wish you all the best in your new school! :)
Wei Yun; While Sam and Rachel goes off disguised as who-knows-what, we're the sane ones laughing at them from afar. High five to that! :)
Lai Kiat; Hey, broadcasting might be giving you a pretty hard time, but don't take it to heart okay? :) Plus, you always have the YJC photography family behind you!

Teachers;
En. Raphael; Thank you for having me in the media crew, and making the earlier stages of production bearable for me (doing broadcasting :P). I really had fun:) Who knew the after-medication side of you is so interesting :P Also, thank you so much for supper at PJ Hilton and alexis! :D
Mr. Vince Cheong; Can't believe your internship is already over ): Well, it was good while it lasted, eh? :) All the best in Sunway! Keep in touch, okay? :) p/s: You should try bring less mean once in a while x)
Ms. Ann, Ms. Low, Ms. Melissa, Mr. Aaron, Ms. Chew, Ms. Heng, Ms. Gan;
I always look forward to you guys coming for VE rehearsals in the CPAC floor :) Thank you all for the important tips and guidance! VE wouldn't sound half as good if it weren't for all your help :) I really have to apologize to you guys for my lack of commitment at the beginning of production rehearsals ): But I eventually discovered rehearsals were pretty okay, with all the games in between and everything x) Thank you all again! p/s: Special thank you to Ms. Low for giving us that thoughtful gift :) Really appreciate it!

So there you go! :)
My last production might not have been all rainbows and sunshine, but you guys have made it something worth smiling about :)

Pictures can be found on facebook!

Number 137

2010-03-18T01:12:00.008+08:00

Oh mai flippin' geeeeeeeeee.

I'm turning into such a geek x)
Not that it's a bad thing or anything, but yeah ._.

It all started with Solitaire. That phase lasted for quite some time.
Then that phase died down, ONLY to be followed by another one. Thanks to Bobo, I got hooked onto Tetris so much it could've been considered unhealthy.

Then school made it compulsory for us to participate in World Maths Day, and I actually enjoyed doing it .___.

Yes, I stayed up doing it.
Trust me, it is VERY energy-draining to stay up and do maths.

And now, a new phase/obsession/whatever has arose. All very much thanks to Jin and Joshua.

Yeap, that's right - CHESS.
Despite being a newbie, I think I'm actually pretty good. PSSH. Ya right.
But it's good fun nonetheless, learning lots from my classmates. Namely Mohammed, Pryce and Dexter (:

Number 136

2010-03-16T01:17:00.002+08:00

Hello guys! I'm so sorry for abandoning my blog for so long! I'll be surprised if there are still people reading this blog *looks at Phon*

I have like 10 unpublished drafts that I'm way too lazy to finish. But I WILL get them done, eventually. Most probably during the holidays, so do anticipate! :D
But for now, I'll just update you guys a little.

My 2nd term papers are just over so I can relax for a little while.

NOT.

I just finished my Chemistry and Physics practical today, and I’ve got Biology practical on Thursday. Furthermore, Games Carnival is just next week and the pressure for Harimau to win this is definitely there. Lately, I’ve been staying back until 5 to train, and I’m exhausted. Also, I’m captain for Ultimate Frisbee and I am both expecting AND expected a fourth win now. But to be completely honest, I'm rather doubtful because I can't even get all my players gather on the same day as they are busy with other sports too :/

They originally put me in 5 sports - Netball, Basketball, Handball, Ultimate Frisbee and Chess.

Yes, CHESS. I managed to convince me to take me out though, because I seriously have no clue whatsoever on how to play it. But even though I found somebody to replace me, I’ve been learning and playing it for the past 2 days so if they need players for next year, I can always go for it (:

Side note: I really hate the people who can actually play chess, but refuses to just because the don’t feel like it. Where the eff is your house spirit people?

& in conjunction with Games Carnival, it is up to me as Head Photographer to assign duties to my photographers. It’s difficult as not all of them are cooperating and stuff :/

Oh, and have I mentioned that I’m in the middle of moving houses, so everything’s really disorganized now.

GAHH.

Sorry for the not so happy updates, but it is what it is, eh?

Number 125

2010-01-22T00:16:00.005+08:00

Challenge Based Learning week has ended.
Though there's a tinge of relief, I know I'll miss it. Not so much the workload, but my teammates (:

I was going to do a day-to-day overview of the week, but I figured that the CBL personal diary serves that purpose already. The only difference is that I'm the only one able to view it.

Unfortunately, we didn't sail through the week smoothly.
We had a major delay when our resubmitted Essential Question was left pending until after lunch of the second day.
You have no idea how many times we went over to the IT area to bug Pn. Zarina about it. It was beyond frustrating, I tell you. She takes her own sweet time, then blames us for being late. Once when I went over, she just left me standing there while she talked to some other teachers. And she was perfectly aware of my presence, mind you.

Also, there was this incident where we were under the impression that our rephrased EQ was accepted because she said it was good when we asked her personally. So we went back to class and worked on the research paper, only to find out way later that it was rejected.
GRR.

BUT.
Despite all those setbacks, J-WAAM (my group's name lol) somehow keeps me from stabbing the closest person. And no, I did not literally try to knife someone and they held me down.
With Jun Bo's intellect, Win Lock's humour, Alice's blurness and Anne being Anne, I got through the week without hurting anyone!

And I must add that we make a great team (: We managed to finish and submit everything on time despite all the delays! :D
Loved making the video most (:

J-WAAM :D
I'll miss working with you guys everyday
(and not having to float classes!)

But man, it was about time CBL was over.

Number 124

2010-01-15T18:21:00.005+08:00

So today was Ms. Kerrie's last day in Cempaka ):

But as opposed to sulking for the whole day, us 10 Terrans decided to have a farewell party for our beloved former class teacher (:
We ordered Dominos and then had class pictures. Pictures courtesy of Yannie.

On behalf of the Year 10 kids, I'd just like to say thank you to Ms. Kerrie (:
You have been a great class teacher (for us in Terra), and a super effective English Language teacher. There has never been one class where we don't end up laughing one way or another.

I personally enjoy your sarcastic, witty comments (: & I bow down to your limitless knowledge when it comes down to the printed texts on a page.

I know we will miss you dearly, but we wish you all the best nonetheless! :D

Number 123

2010-01-13T01:04:00.003+08:00

Went to CILC today with Kanako for a brochure photoshoot :D I think it's the second time I've been there, hmm..

Anyways, Kanako and I was picked up at from Cheras at around 8.15 and reached D'sara at 9.00. It was mad jam, I tell you! D:
The journey there was relatively quiet (thus, peaceful). Kanako and I were just resting, both of us being late sleepers and all x) Of course there was the occasional chitter chatter which came from some of the faculties, but it didn't bother us much.

We got dropped off at the D'sara campus, only to find out that En. Raphael had yet to arrive. So we just hung around the Tech Area (TBH, I have no idea what it's called) with Bryan and Mr. Ashwin.
En. Raphael finally arrived at 10.00 and we were off the CILC :D We got some McDonald's for the road to satisfy our grumbling tummies. Yums.

The trip there didn't take as long as I thought it would. I guess it was the company, or maybe someone was going faster than they should.
Side note #1: After participating in the conversations that happened in the car, I have decided that I will aim for at least a Silver Award this year! :D Also, En. Raphael proposed the idea of me going to the Platinum Expedition this year as a photographer/videographer, & it will count towards my CAS points. *Jumps for joys*

I wasn't too sure what time we reached there, but we got to work almost immediately.
Side note #2: CILC sure has changed since the last I've been there.

Here are some of the few shots;

1) Poolside shot. The pool had to be both implicit yet conspicuous in the pictures :/

2) Media Works

We went for lunch at around 1. The food there was alright, nothing too fancy. Also, the varieties were really limited. But I guess that's because there isn't a lot of students in CILC yet. We also caught up with some former Cheras inhabitants, i.e Ellya and Ju Ann! :D It was nice to see them again (:

After lunch, we went over to the residential suites to continue snapping away. It was a pain to go up there, as there were quite a number of equipments to carry & the place was so HUGE!

Very nicely set up by Cik Zahwani (:

Bryan, Kanako and I were pretty restless and tried to cover as many angles as we could. I think we made the model feel a little uncomfortable x)
Side Note #3: Most of the pictures will not be posted up. Just because.

It was hard getting this shot.
Cik Zahwani had to constantly crack jokes so the girls would look more natural x)

Okay, one of the jokes I remember:
Jika semua binatang jadi ikan, ikan jadi apa?
Ikan jadi banyak!

xD

When we were finally contented with our shots, we went down to the dance studio. And before we knew it, it was 4. We hitched a ride from Cik Zahwani and she fetched us home. Kanako and I just plopped into the car and fell asleep.

It may seem that we did not do much that day, but time passed us so fast and our last bit of energy was drained from us trying to catch up with it.

Number 122

2010-01-12T19:17:00.005+08:00

Yesterday, us YJC Photographers had one last photoshoot for En. Raphael's Mind, Body & Soul project. Kanako was in charge for for "Mind" specifically, which took place in the library. I, on the other hand, was in charge of another section, which took place on the field.

Our lovely models included Johnathan Lau, Shanker Vasu & Wan Amir Haris (:

It was an excruciatingly hot day out (stupid global warming) and there were loads of bugs around, but the 3 of them were super cooperative, so thank you guys so much! :D

You can tell that they were sweating quite a bit :/

A fun shot after :D
"HAHAHAHA, your argument is invalid."

And my favourite one of the day;

Not perfect, but I like it (:

Once again, thank you guys sooo much! :D Really appreciate it!

[/EDIT]: En. Raphael gave us another project, themed Creative. A minimum of 3 pictures have to be submitted by each photographer, yada yada yada.. & this is what I submitted:

Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about CREATING yourself.

Not all those who wander are lost.

Am really happy with it (: [/END EDIT]

Number 121

2010-01-01T00:10:00.005+08:00

Fireworks have sounded, signifying the beginning of a new year (:
Looking out my window, I wonder; What has 2010 got in store for me?
2009 has been alright (refer to previous post), but I want 2010 to end with me not wanting it to end.

All I know is that it's the Year of the Tiger, and Harimau is sure ready for it. ROAR!

And for all the possible obstacles I have yet to face, I say bring it.

To all my readers;

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I hope 2010 will have ample of pleasant surprises for all of us (:

Number 120

2009-12-31T23:40:00.001+08:00

2009 is summing up to be a...
Alright, so this isn't one of my best years, but it has its ups.

I may not have realised it at first, but this year has been a year of some major change.

Take for example - my transition from being a normal student to a probate, and ultimately to a prefect. Trust me, it's hard being a black-blazered Cempakan, but it has it's moments (:
Probation period lasted for 5 months, and there were plenty of times I thought of giving up. But at the end if the day, I'm glad I didn't.

This is also the year I decided to join Broadcasting, and I must say I have loved every moment of it(especially LIVE shows). I started off as audio-girl/scriptwriter and got to learn a lot from the pioneer staffs/members. The idea of me being the next Head of Journalism at that time seemed ridiculous, but look at me now.

Of course, there's the whole issue of En. Hermi leaving and Kanako stepping down as YJC Photographers head. So now it's up to me to handle the club, and though I do sometimes doubt my ability to do so, I'm gearing up for the challenges I have yet to face.
Side note: Oh wow, I can't believe it has been 2 years since I joined YJC. Within the span of that 2 years, I have covered over 50 major school events and worked myself up from junior photographer to senior, to deputy head, and finally - Head of YJC Photography.

Oh, and who can forget Cheerleader Mel huh? Man, did I shock some people x)
I was the only female cheerleader with my glasses on 8D How indifferent can I get?
Then there was the time when I decided to join Inter-house debate again, even after I told myself I will never again in Year 7. And my decision to join actually got me the Best Speaker Award (:
And it was my first Valentine to receive so many gifts from my lovely peers (:
My braces got taken off on the 15th of June ;D
Got to attend the awesome MLTR concert at Gentings with sis & her friends.

& a handful more (:

Of course I had my fair share (actually it was ample) of the not-so-happy moments, but I won't dwell into it. Not here, at least.

Well, it's time to close and put a lock on the door of 2009 and walk towards the open door of 2010.

Number 119

2009-12-31T23:39:00.002+08:00

30th December, 2009

I just came back from Sunway Pyramid after 9 and a half hours of being there with Christine, Davion and my sister. I realise that I went out only during the beginning and the ending of the holidays. The middle of it was pretty much absurdly mundane. Plus, I spent one week being sick. Blergh.

We first went for lunch at a place called Taiwan Snacks, I think. Then my sister spotted a game shop and spent about 1 hour there I think. Not wanting to sit there and wait, I walked around with Christine.

At around 4, we went to catch Princess and the Frog. It was a good movie (:
Loved Ray the firefly x) When he first appeared, I thought he was going to be the annoying character that slows the whole journey down for everyone, but guess I was wrong. Haha.

One thing that annoyed me though was this bunch of Malay girls who was seated in front of us. They kept laughing at the most inappropriate times (i.e a character dying, etc...) and was talking to one another rather loudly, as if they were the only one in the cinema. ~~STFU bitches~~.

After the movie, we went to Popular. The Popular there was HUGE, so it didn't really look like typical Popular, y'know what I mean? xD Stayed there for quite a while before going for dinner.

OH, and before I forget - while we were still at Popular, there were this 2 chubby kids (sisters, I assume). The smaller one had a plastic bag in her hands, and was teasing the bigger one about it's contents. IMO, both of them squealed too much for their own good. Anyways, the smaller one finally revealed the contents of the bag and it was a.... *drum rolls*

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EDWARD CULLEN BOOK.

.__. OMG. What is wrong with the youth of today (wtf I'm not that old).
The bigger one let out a (I didn't think it was possible) squeal that made her previous ones' die in shame. Yes, she was THAT excited. They both then started to snatch the book from one another so they can hold on to it, even for a few seconds before it got snatched away again.

At that moment, I was laughing so hard. But now, I worry that they might have some sort of mental defect. Poor kids, to have their brain wither away at such a tender age. Tsk.

SO ANYWAY,

We headed to Sushi Zanmai for dinner, and it was bliss (: Had my usual Ebidon, accompanied by the mouth-watering Salmon sushi and soft-shelled crab sushi. Yums :D

Headed home happy (: oh look Ms. Kerrie, an alliteration!

31st December 2009

Spent New Years' Eve with Charles and Monica (Yay, new friend!) at Sunway Pyramid. We were supposed to be joined by 8 other people, but all of them have decided to ditch Charles at the last minute, so it was just the 3 of us :/ We tried to reach Phon and Sam, but to no avail ):

Anyway, met up with them at McDonald's and Monica & I hit it off straightaway! :D Hooray! Personality-wise, she reminded me a little of myself, plus we both have a thing for making fun of Charles x)

We walked around for a while then headed for Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel, courtesy of Charles (:

The movie wasn't half bad, but the Chipettes were too nice! Especially Brittany! Aren't they supposed to be arch nemesis but yet so painfully canon? Pssh.

After the movie, we walked A LOT more before I was picked up by my dad. I know it didn't sound like much, but I enjoyed catching up with Charles and I'm glad I met Monica! :D

So after being picked up, my dad brought me for dinner at his friend's newly-opened restaurant.

I don't exactly remember where it was located (I'll ask my dad), but the food there was great (: Plus, my dad's friend also opened up an Art Gallery next to the restaurant, so that's so cool! Too bad it was closed that day though.

Watermelon juice (:

My main course. Chicken+Ham+Cheese served with vegetables and potatoes (:
It was really good, not too cheesy and all.

Dessert; Tiramisu
To be honest, I wasn't a big fan of this. The only reason I chose it was because I had to wait a longer time for the Lava Chocolate Cake x)

Also headed home with a happy tummy today (:

Number 118

2009-12-26T00:29:00.000+08:00

I've been playing a lot of tetris lately. What has my life come to?

. . .

Fuck, why do I have Naked Brothers Band in my iTunes?

Note the now full trashcan icon.

There.

Number 117

2009-12-22T01:07:00.006+08:00

As expected, I didn't go anywhere during the holidays, and it's already close to ending ):
But then again, just on the 20th, there was a photography outing to the Bird and Orchid Park :D So my holidays isn't all THAT mundane ;P

I reached there the latest, because I had to follow my sister for her blood test.
Well anyways, for some reason, we all decided that we will all wear black that day. Thank goodness it wasn't too hot or anything.

I have to admit I didn't take a lot of picture because I was too lazy ;P Plus, I lent my lens to Nick, so I wasn't able to take close-up pictures ;P
Oh yes, Nicholas came! :D & he got braces! Doesn't look too bad (:

The Bird Park was okay. Had to walk a lot, and I was super tired ): Blehh.
But I walked with Lai Kiat mostly, so he managed to make things really funny :D
Though, for some reason, he was having a beef with Natasya :/

Anyways, we got to see chicks hatching from their eggs! :D It was precious (:
As Lai Kiat said, "to experience the miracle of life." Or something like that ;P

After covering half the park, we all went for lunch. The food was way expensive and it made me nauseous D: Pfft.
We finished covering the whole park before going over to the Orchid Park.

By the time we all went over to the Orchid Park, most of us were became lethargic.
I would've opted to have sat down the whole time there but instead, I decided to be rajin x)

It would've helped tremendously if I had a macro lens, but oh wells.
Again, I didn't take many pictures x)

Photographers at work (:

We ended the outing at around 3 with a group picture. I don't have it on my camera, so I'll wait for Hao Zhi & En Hermi to post it of facebook!

I gave Lai Kiat a lift home and now I think he developed a paranoia of me robbing his home. Pfft, how grateful ;P

Well, that was my day (:

Number 116

2009-12-20T01:09:00.002+08:00

iTunes is on shuffle, and it's currently playing one of the cheer mix for Harimau this year. I can now confidently say I have forgotten all the dance steps and whatnots ;P

& HOLY MOFO, I'm having nasi lemak at this time. wtfwtfwtfwtf.
*nom nom munch munch chew chew swallow*
What do you expect, Malaysian mah.

I've just gulped my last pill of antibiotics.
Ahhh, it's good to not be sick anymore (:

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Meh, holidays have so far been very unproductive. ~~Unsurprisingly.~~
Believe me, I honestly did try to be a productive individual. Like waking up early and stuff.
But I got sick I started sleeping the whole day so my biological clock became screwed again.
Hm, guess fate doesn't want me waking up early now.

Right, there's going to be a YJC outing tomorrow I'd better be hitting the hay now.
And I prolly have lost my blogging mojo by now anyways.

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zomg, Logan Lerman! *drools*

Number 115

2009-12-03T20:20:00.002+08:00

Mid Valley Outing

I went to watch New Moon at Mid Valley with Crystal, Jinny, Alice & her sis, Shanker, Pryce, Alex, Dennis and Mohammed the day after prom. We met up and had lunch at Chillis. I had no idea what to eat so I shared nachos with Shanker (:

Dennis, Jinny, Crystal

Me, Shanker and half of Pryce

The service there wasn't up to par. Prolly because they think we're just a bunch of kids so it doesn't matter. Pfft.

Well, after the costly but not so satisfying lunch, we went for bowling!

Dennis so pro ;P

It's pretty cool that the bowling alley in MV has the bumper thing, which prevents your ball to roll into the gutter. Somewhat like cheating, but not :D

It was because of the bumpers Crystal won. Pfft x)

Went for New Moon after bowling. I've only got 2 words for it.

It . Sucked .

Omg, it was bloody tedious. I spent half the movie chanting the word "End". Wtf, all the things Bella would do just to see Edward.
I almost died watching. Even Taylor Lautner's supposed "God-like" body was nowhere near to saving me. Meh, stupid movie made me late for Charles' house warming.

After the movie finally ended, we took a quick picture before I left for Charles' house warming.
The others stayed for dinner.

Pictures for this event can be found in Alex's facebook.

Charles' House Warming

Man, it was been eons since I've seen Charles. It was good to see him again (:

I don't know if he would allow it, so I won't disclose his current location.
Though it's pretty deserted where he lives now, his house is pretty impressive.

I spent most of the time there talking & laughing. Sam and Charles together cracks me up.
Oh, and a little surprise right before I left.

Twas good (:

Number 114

2009-12-01T00:53:00.005+08:00

I didn't plan to go to prom this year, but apparently they needed a photographer, so yeah.
I was going to wear something pretty casual, but my parents said I should dress up despite the fact that I'm going just as a photographer. You know, because it's prom and all :/
But of course, I had no make up on, nor did I bother to wear contacts or anything. Heck, I got ready in an hour, I think. While some other girls I know took a day off from school to go dress shopping. Pfft ._.

Oh, apart from the food and my decision to not be on the dance floor, prom was pretty good (:

Some of the performances they had, plus I wanted to show off my photography skills in the first 2 pictures. CHEH .____.

Pictures with people

♥

Phew, pictures can be found on my facebook
(:

p/s: Do not use the pictures w/o my permission. Thanks (:

Number 113

2009-11-29T19:43:00.002+08:00

Yes, I've reverted back to my default template. I can't seem to find a decent blogskin, or maybe I'm just too lazy ;P

Anyways, sorry for the lack of updates! D: But don't worry, I'm going to start updating again, since I'm pretty much giving up on tumblr :/ I just don't like the whole idea of tumblrarity and stuff.
Okay, upcoming posts will include the following separately:
- Mind, Body, Soul Project
- CIS Prom 2009; One Night in Vegas
- Mid Valley Outing
- Charles' House Warming

Okay, let's start off with the Mind, Body, Soul Project.

The media students, a.k.a YJC Photographers and C-News video editors, were given this project by En. Raphael. For the photographers, we have to take a maximum of 12 pictures that tells a story about mind, body and soul.

I've been going on the field for a number of time during the last week of school to shoot the Year 10 boys playing football. The weather was super hot, but they were really cooperative, so thank you guys! :D Especially John, who helped a lot ((:
Some of the guys even used the pictures as their new facebook profile picture ;P haha. Just felt like putting that out.

After the "Body" shoot, Kana and I did the shoot for "Soul", and Ethan was our model :)
We stayed back until 5 and we had to rush, as there were only the 2 of us to photograph. So yes, I'm kinduh disappointed with my photographers. Grr.

But anyways, I'd like to express my deepest gratitude to everyone who helped (: Namely Johnathan Lau, Boom Yeong Jia, Brent & Brian Chan, rest of the Year 10 footballers, Ethan Kok, Samuel Aw and Kanako Uchimura.

Now all that's left is the photoshopping etc etc ;P

Number 112

2009-11-13T23:44:00.002+08:00

I'd usually go TGIF but today sucked more than usual. Pfft, Friday the 13th? I still don't fucking believe in it.

Well at least the weekends are here. Need a break from exams.

"Winging it" isn't doing me any good. Grr, so mad at myself now.
I'm determined to study for Add. Maths and Biology over the weekends. Hopefully.

But for now, I'm going to get some shut eye.

p/s: Yes, I know my blog skin is currently retarded. I'll fix it soon, I'm just too tired now.

Am I too discreet or are you just too ridiculously oblivious?

Number 111

2009-11-09T22:09:00.002+08:00

HELLO :B

I was going to update about RAG Day & IU Day, but that was eons ago now wasn't it?

Gahh, exams start tomorrow (technically, today since it's past midnight), and here I am blogging.
I can barely remember 5 quotes for Literature, so how do flippin' expect me to remember 30?! It's not even in a language I understand! Yes, I consider ancient/Shakespeare English as a totally different language. And there's actually going to be 2 freaking Literature papers T_T

So instead of cramming, I will be posting pictures of things I want ;p

Little Miss Tees

Superman T-ShirtBlack Converse shoes.
Believe or not, I have like 10 pairs of converse but I don't have this one.

I can't think of anymore. I'll update this list soon enough ;p

Number 110

2009-10-24T01:09:00.005+08:00

So last Sunday (18th October) I went to Pavillion for Cherise's birthday outing :D I was late though, because of transportation problems :/
People present were C.A.M.P.Y, Melanie, Crystal and Marise.
I reached there in time of the movie; Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball. In 3D! It was awesome (:
& the fact that there's a character named Baby/Chicken Brent makes it 10x funnier x)

After the movie we went to Times to lepak around, I guess x)

C.A.M.P.Y

Though I wasn't there for long, I had a blast - catching up and all (:

On the 24th, Crystal had her birthday outing in Time Square (: ! The people who went were Cherise, Anne, Alice, Xin Qi, Jinny & me.

Cherise, Crystal, Alice and I had hoodies so we were the supposed KKK. Though Crystal was mixed xD

We went for the rides & it was awesome, though a tad nauseating. Mainly because most of the rides included us going round and round and round, in quick speed.
We ate in the theme park and then went for the Haunted House thing ;p It was pretty funny, actually. Anne and I went in front, thinking we can "protect" the people behind us. But as luck would have it, it was the people at the back that got the most fright ;p

After the haunted house, we went for “purikura” but it wasn’t any good. So we went to shop for a while. Yes, I went and shopped with them, & actually bought something! :O 2 shutter shades and a shirt, to be exact ;P

We went then went for a small dinner. Sam is still obsessed with “ZOMFG this is so fattening” thing. Pfft, and he’s supposed to be a guy ;p

Later Sam, Alice and I had to leave for Maneesha’s open house.
I'm going to sum it up to Maneesha's house is MASSIVE!
& the highlight of the night was the game "truth or dare" ;)

Pictures of these 3 events can be found on my facebook.

(:

Number 109

2009-10-23T01:43:00.004+08:00

Hello people.

Sorry for the lack of updates. My internet has been wonky and would only work after midnight. And even then it's not totally stable! Grr. D:

Cherise's birthday outing post, which I find very hard to blog about because of this crap excuse of the internet, will be up soon!

Ugh, I've been feeling pretty down lately.
There's this merger thing going on which I'm against, stupid decisions made idiots who thinks the world revolves around them, a certain "unsexy time" today which I found pretty unnecessary, and that exams are in 3 weeks time.

Oh, and the fact that people has been referring to me as Melanie isn't helping either. It sucks when the "good jobs" and "keep up the good works" was directed to me but the name used was Melanie. I'm sorry, but I find myself very different from Melanie. Sheesh.

There's still a list of why I'm so ticked off lately, but I'll spare my readers.
Plus I have to press the "Publish Post" button before the internet dies again.
Joy.

Number 108

2009-10-11T17:20:00.014+08:00

CIS Commencements ’09

I still remember my first commencements (: Had YJC duty with Brian and Nick, back when I was still a greenie ;P That time, we were told to have the guests pose for the pictures, which meant going up to them and asking them :O I remember Nick and I hesitated, but in the end I managed to get the pictures :D

Now back to this year’s one. I was the photographer yet again, but this time in black ;P
Before commencements started, there was this little photo session for the CILC girls.

CILC is soooo Harimau-themed :D

When commencements started, there was a performance by Claudillea and her teacher.

Followed by dinner, then procession :B

After that was prize-giving. Pictures can be found in my facebook.
Oh, but there’s one person’s citation I want to post. & that’s Kanako Uchimura :D
The Uchimura sisters acknowledged me in the citation :D Totally made my day (or night)! Hehe. I LOVE YOU GUYS :D

After prize-giving, Datin officially gave her seat as chairman to Dr. Rizal.

Congrats Dr Rizal! :D

And commencements came to an end with some performances;

Everybody did an awesome job :D

After commencements, we shot for C-News. Melanie was the anchor, so you can guess what happened. If you can't, take a look;

Mhmm, & it's usually worse than this ;P

After many trial&errors to get the most decent shot Melanie can possibly produce, Jun Bo, Win Lock and I went up to the broadcast room to put the cameras and tapes back. It was dark, and Jun Bo was being suck a baby! x3
After locking the room, Bo and Lock tried to scare me, but it backfired and Bo managed to scare himself. Priceless moment! :D
We walked up to the bus terminal and was still not picked up, so we went to the guard house. On our way, my mum came. Win Lock held it against me that I didn't teman them to guard house D:

On the plus side, I had McD's at home :D

& that's commencements for me this year (:

p/s: Procession-related pictures are thanks to Voon Fei (:
p/p/s: DO NOT USE ANY PICTURES W/O PERMISSION!
p/p/p/s: Sukh looked good in a suit! HAHA.

Number 107

2009-10-07T17:27:00.005+08:00

2 boys, 1 birthdate.

Mhmm, October 7th is the date when 2 good friends of mine turn a year older (:
Both whom have ridiculously pinch-able cheeks (though I think they're losing it).
& they used to be shorter than me. Damn growth spurt. Grr.

I can be lazy and do one dedication for the both of them, but I'm feeling nice now (:
So;

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENT CHAN!

My dear auntie! :D heehee.
Can be annoying as hell at times, but I can live with it x3
Your adorable-ness makes up for it ;p
& don't worry, I'm going to get you your hair clip.

&

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLES JOURDAN!

Gosh, haven't seen you in like, forever :O
I hope you're doing well honestly (:
We should go out soon again! & make Phon pay for everything, okay? ;)

I wish the both of you all the best!
♥

/EDIT: I've just realised that the number of this post (107) is coherent to their birthdate (10.7) :D

Number 106

2009-10-04T21:23:00.007+08:00

So the WSS/Fame cast party was held on Friday in school. Turns out that included photographers, so yayy :3
Sam picked me up and we reached school waayyyyy too early. He then ditched me to go to CPAC so I went to broadcasting room, only to find out nobody was in there. Luckily Bernard, Joshua and Mumu was in the prefect's room, so I had company :D

We went to the North Hall and waited for more people to arrive. Got in the hall at around 7.30 + I think :/ We had quite a lot of time to catch up with one another xD
It was awesome seeing the lot of you x)

Oh, my favourite part was the sketch put up by the CPAC teachers. It was HILARIOUS :D

I'd like to personally say good job to the CPAC teachers! (:

Right, and now I have mostly forgotten what happened that night. I just know it was all good (:

♥

Number 105

2009-09-23T16:06:00.004+08:00

New skin! :D

Yes, I've gotten bored with the default skin. I'm not too happy with this one either tough :S Still looking for another one.
Pheww, almost thought ~~I lost my touch with HTML~~. Loll.
Actually tbh, I have forgotten some things :S Maybe I should drop B. Studies and got to IT instead?
Haha ;P

Oh, and checkout the sidebar and see if you can spot yourself under the "Peeps" section x3
I try to include everyone but as luck would have it, I don't have pictures with a lot of people ;X
Most prolly because I'm usually the one behind the camera :/
If you wanna see yourself there, come take a picture with me :D loll.

Anyways, I've finally downloaded Solitaire on mac :D yayness!

Finished in 3 min 19 sec :D loll.
Check the bottom bar to see the time and score ;p

Okie dokes. That's the update for now.
I should really start on the holiday homework now :/

Number 104

2009-09-19T00:58:00.000+08:00

HELLO :B

The Raya holidays has started (: There's a bunch of holiday homework, but I'll live. Just need a break from school and it's long hours.

I've just realised that I haven't been photoshopping much nowadays D: So I did this one Maxxie icon. It's not that good but it was done in a short time ;p

<3>

Anyways, yesterday was Mr Malcolm's last week in school ):
But he still gave us a Bio test anyways :/ That's when I realised that I pretty much suck at Bio.

After the test, John came over and started looking through my pencil box, started taking out some stationery. Guess what he did?

Not all those are mine. Especially the pink ones. Those are Crystal's ;p

But anyways, that's Anne's hair. John's brilliant idea ;p
Now we know Anne doesn't need a pencil box xD

After school ended (Bio was the last lesson), I got Kanako to help take a class pict with Mr Malcolm (:

Everyone 'cept for Pheebus and Haris, I think :/

Mr. Malcolm will be going to CILC ): Well, I wish him all the best :] We will miss you! ):

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On another note, I'm finally watching season 2 of Skins now ;D
I hate Sketch! ): & up to where I'm at, Cassie's a bitch :/

❤ Maxxie still (:

Number 103

2009-09-15T22:15:00.008+08:00

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Because it's such a life-changing experience I have my skype status as online.
& speaking of "life-changing"...

Mhmm, all this when I'm supposed to be studying for Chemistry.

Number 102

2009-09-11T23:18:00.002+08:00

I love you too Ally ❤ :D

Number 101

2009-09-08T22:37:00.002+08:00

"I know someone's biting something. Because I'm the guy biting it."

- Brent Chan

Random conversation on skype with Brent;

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I swear, he can get super annoying. Almost feel sorry for Brian. LOL.

Number 100

2009-09-07T17:26:00.002+08:00

My 100th post will be about MLTR ;D

Honestly, I never really did listened to their songs & had no intention to go to the concert. It's just that my mum managed to redeem tickets so that's how I ended up going.

My sister and I left the house at about 4 pm and had a late lunch at this place called "Lunch Box", just outside Sunway Uni. & Lunch Box has genuine Chinese take-outs! Woots!

We then left for Genting at about 5 pm, in my sister's friend's car. The drive there didn't take as long as I thought it would. & twas fun (: Attempted drifting x)

Ian & my sis. Feel the wind~

Getting to the top. I don't think it was actually this dark? o_o

After arriving, we were trying to figure out where the Arena of Stars were.
Ian... is just... Ian. ;p

It wasn't actually cold then.

After managing to figure it out, we went for Burger King!

Ian complaining about the price of his burger compared to Freya's.
& my sister is just :o

After makaning, we decided to jalan-jalan for a bit before heading to the Arena of Stars.

Because stairs are too cool for you ;P

We were just standing around when Jason took us to somewhere we could get good pictures! :D
& that's the view from Genting (:

Purdy, no? ;)

This is when it really got cold. The wind started to blow and I think the temperature fell :/
After a while, it was time to go to the concert!

Here's the part that pissed me off;
Upon entering, I found out that "professional" cameras weren't allowed.
I asked the dude at the door what I should do with it my DSLR, and he rudely told me to just grab a locker. He couldn't even tell me if I had to pay for it. Like wtf?

Then Ian helped me ask another dude, and this one was a lot more nicer. He said I could take my camera with me but had to give him the battery. He even guaranteed it's safety :D

Before entering the "arena", I saw Jia Xin and Ashley outside! Twas nice (:

It took a while before MLTR came out. Their opening act was this Chinese singer, and I felt super bad for him because almost everyone in there jeered when he came on stage. Pssh, ~~Malaysians~~.

After one song from the opening act, the long awaited MLTR finally decided to show themselves (:
In my opinion, their songs were really good. I can't believe I've never bothered listening to any of them before. They sounded really great live too!

After the concert (and retrieving my battery), the 5 of us headed to Starbucks at First World Hotel. You have no idea how packed it was, despite it being 1 in the morning.
What time do you people sleep in Genting? Lol.

We managed to get ourselves a place and somehow, decided to do some Starbucks ad ;p

I keep looking at the camera x)

The hot chocolate was yums (:

On our way out, I saw Dexter, Jonathan and Boom :D I thought Boom was constipated but it turned out he was just cold ;P So smart don't wear jacket x)
I couldn't talk long though, since we were leaving. But it was nice seeing them :D

Oh, and on our way back, Ian fell asleep even after claiming his ICM prolly might keep him awake until 6 in the morn. Guess not ;P

Number 99

2009-09-06T20:14:00.002+08:00

Mkay, so I've decided to skip the pre-Merdeka post and skip to the CILC trip on the 29th of August ;)

When I reached school Joshua & the Uchimira sisters were already there so we waited for the others to arrive. Most of us were wearing the STW shirt x)
Those who went were En Hermi, En Raphael, Cik Nur, Momoko, Kanako, Joshua, Hana, Brian, me & potential CILC teachers (I think).
The trip was so looonnngg. Took at least an hour to reach there I think. Talked with Brian the whole trip because the Yr 11s decided to sit all the way behind ;p
When we were about to reach the campus, we saw this HUGE billboard sign about CILC with Claud's face stuck on it xD

We got a tour around the campus by En Raphael. Nothing much to say in words, so let the picture do the talking, mkay?

Pretty, no? ;)

After going around almost the whole campus, we stopped for a while for C-News.

We left at around 12 or 1 I think.
I was so tired, but for some reason I couldn't sleep in the bus. I just kept waking up.
Brian on the other had a nice nap ;p

Some of us were dropped off at the Connaught McDonald's for food. The ones who went down was Josh, Hana, Uchimura sister, me and the potential CILC teachers.
Brian had to leave, and I think he might have been a lil too groggy to makan ;p
After eating, the Yr 11s left me to go to Pavillion D: Had to wait an hour to be picked up :/

And that concludes the trip. Mostly summarized ;p

p/s: Do not use the pictures without my permission ;) !
p/p/s: MLTR post coming up!

Number 98

2009-09-06T19:50:00.006+08:00

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Yes, this is what we talk about at 4.30 in the a.m
Because we're awesome that way ;)

p/s: CILC Trip coming up next, followed by MLTR.

Number 97

2009-09-04T21:47:00.003+08:00

Can't believe it's already September.

My morning didn't start off well. Was almost late to school :/
Then during break, we were told we'd be having orientation TODAY itself. So that meant missing lessons (and for me, break&lunch too) :/
I spent most of the meeting preparing the slides for the our national anthem and school song. I was pretty happy with how it turned out, considering I didn't have my tools of trades with me. But in the end, it wasn't used anyways D:

Part 1 of orientation was okay. We practiced the school song with the new student, briefly went through the school rules, & played some ice-breaking games.
I got to go backstage and climb stuff to take vids for C-News :D

After school, I went to the broadcast room for C-News. This episode's anchor was Momoko Uchimura! :D LOL. I didn't get to see the whole thing though, because we delayed so much and I had to go back by the time we started ;P

Okay, so part 2 of orientation will be next week.

& I'll be at Genting tomorrow for MLTR!

Byyeeeee ;P

Number 96

2009-09-04T09:16:00.008+08:00

Firstly;

Happy Birthday to Anne Vincent!

Okay, I know you must've heard this a thousand times, but I'm gonna say it again;
You are probably one of my sanest friends! :D
& you amaze me with how you can be so smart, yet so slow ;P

Thank you for being there, & always willing to lend an ear (:
It has only been a year, & we've already went through so much together ;P
What will I do if you weren't there with me to face the crap?

I love yoouu! :D

Secondly;

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JO-SHU-AHHHHHH!

The ~~retarded~~ growth of Joshua Lee ;P
LOL. Sorry Josh, can't help it x3

I swear, you are practically one of the most vainest guys I know! ;P
But you do make a better anchor than a certain short someone xD
& you are so farny! pssh.

Well, hope you have a great one ! :DD
Stay awesome and hot! ;p
-ahem ahem-

Number 95

2009-08-29T20:14:00.003+08:00

~~Time for a real update! :D~~

Okay, I was going to update about the pre-Merdeka celebration and the trip to CILC but I'm so mood-less right now.

Fack.

I know it's been a long time since I've posted a nice, long post for y'all but there's so many things going on. And honestly, I barely can find time to do stuff. I mean, I've still yet to start Season 2 of Skins and I didn't even get the chance to read the book Cherise lent me :/ There's just so much work in Year 10 and I've still yet to get adjusted.
Gahh.

& I really should get on with my homework now :/
So distracted D:

Oh, and I'll blog about the pre-Merdeka celebration and the trip to CILC soon. For now, here are some picture previews;

From the pre-Merdeka celebration:

And from the CILC trip:

p/s: Do not use my pictures without my permission.
p/p/s: I am definitely deprived of sleep. And coming from me, that' saying A LOT.
p/p/p/s: Fack, I hate it when I whine D:

Waiting for the weekends to watch Skins & read a book (:
Please don't let it be flooded with homework *crosses fingers*

Number 94

2009-08-24T21:16:00.005+08:00

Oh wow.
It never really sunk in… not until a few hours ago at least;
I can't believe I'm already in Year 10.

Time really did pass by quickly, & I didn't have THAT much fun in Yr 9. Grr.
Not that I remember anyways :/

School hours are now wearing me out more than ever & the homework pile never seems to cease.
Subjects are so much more difficult & the lessons I once enjoyed aren't how it was like anymore. Plus, the added responsibilities of being a black-blazered Cempakan.

There's so many things going on all at once ;_; Ughh.

I don't know what to do.

Number 93

2009-08-15T14:53:00.002+08:00

So I was supposed to go to the MTV World Stage concert today.

BUT I CAN'T MAKE IT D:

aw fuck it.

On the bright side, my mac is back (: & Everything is still in it! :D Except for some apps though. But whatever ;p

Number 92

2009-08-10T03:04:00.003+08:00

Right, so my mac crashed a few days ago. For the freakin' 3rd time in 2 years.

So don't expect to see me online often.

Might blog about my birthday soon.

If I feel like it.

Number 91

2009-08-03T00:44:00.003+08:00

A very special somebody turns 15 today. *wink wink* ;)

My wife & more importantly, my best friend;
ALENA DEVIA JOSEPH

We've been kicking some major ass since Yr 7 ;)

Why I absolutely love her ❤
We are both suckers for soft cheeks ;3
One of the most random person I've met :D
She is freakin' funny, in her own "unique" way ;p
Together with her, I have 2 son and one grandson ;p
&
Without her, poking fun at Charles, Phon and Sam wouldn't be as enjoyable :D

Year 8

We always came up with the randomest shenanigans and laugh our heads off, only to forget what it was 10 minutes later.
We'd also be bitching like mad. We even came up with codenames for almost everybody!
We never fail to sit with one another for every lesson. Trust me, she rarely pays attention back then ;p Remember English, Fa?
We'd usually think of funny ways for people to die. Okay fine, they were usually gory, but to us it was funny as hell :D

<3

I LOVE YOU FAAAA! Enjoy 15 :D
& I'm so sorry I couldn't come over today ):

But you still love me, riiigghht? :D

Number 90

2009-07-30T01:42:00.004+08:00

This is a poll I found on deviantART:

Click for a larger view.

ZOMGWTFBBQ! Gai beat out Kakashi . . .

T_T

Number 89

2009-07-29T02:11:00.014+08:00

Another Percy Jackson post. Bear with me, it's summer & I haven't got anything better to do.

Anyways, the illustrations you are about to see are taken from here. This is just a comparison of the drawn characters and the real life ones.

!@£$%^& I am not happy with the casting of Annabeth ): I have to agree with Shannon that AnnaSophia Robb is better suited for the role of Annabeth. Firstly, it's the physical description:

Fits the description, no? (Blonde hair and grey eyes)

Secondly, she's born in 1993, making her 16 this year. Whereas Alexandra Daddario is born on 1986, making her 23! :O
I mean, c'mon! They're supposed to be playing 12 year old kids (that's how old they are in the first book). Assuming, if we're lucky, a new Percy Jackson movie comes out every year, Alexandra Daddario will be 28 by the time the fifth movie comes out. This being said, only if a new Percy Jackson movie comes out every year.

And thirdly, (this is taken from AnnaSophia's IMDB Profile Page) :
"AnnaSophia Robb enjoys dancing, rafting, reading (her favorite book genres are fantasy and historical fiction), singing and, snowboarding."
Percy Jackson & the Olympians is somewhat historical fiction, right?

Coming back to the age problem; yes, Logan Lerman (playing Percy Jackson) is 17 this year, a lil too old to play a 12 year old. But the other choice would most probably be Josh Hutcherson, who also happens to be 17 this year.
I agree, he would've been perfect for the role, only if he still looks like this:

But now, being 17 and all, he looks like this:

So yeah.

But anyways, as I was blogging this post and researching about Percy Jackson movie, I came across Rick Riordan's blog. According to one of his post, Annabeth was originally brunette.
Wtf.

Okay, enough with the rant on the casting. For now.

I shall end this post with PJO: The Lightning Thief's official trailer:

And for the Percy Jackson & the Olympian readers, this is supposedly how Riptide looks like:

Hopefully not in the movie though :/

Number 88

2009-07-28T21:14:00.002+08:00

I'm looking for the song file of Summertime by The Click 5

But limewire and 4shared.com ain’t helping. Click here to hear what it sounds like (youtube).

Anybody know where else I can get it?

You can answer on my Cbox or leave a comment. Thanks ((:

Number 87

2009-07-28T19:50:00.001+08:00

Number 86

2009-07-27T00:48:00.016+08:00

Anyone remember Beyblade?

My sister was looking through some of our old stuff and happened to find our beyblades xD

It brought back some good memories. I would always duel with my sister back then, with beyblades. And I remember how my pasar malam beyblade broke my sisters RM40 original one ;p Yeah, that's how awesome I am xD

Now I will teach you how to "beyblade".
You will need...

A beyblade.

That thing you put your beyblade on

And one of these things.
It comes in various colours, lengths and shape.

This round thing which serves as a place for your dual. The bigger the better.
But the floor always works too.

Okay, this is actually pretty easy. But pay attention to these 5 simple steps anyways.

1) Insert the beyblade into the beyblade holder

2) Then you place that long thing in

3) Have that round thing ready for your dual

Then pull that red thing hard & fast

5) Stand back and be amazed. Or something like that.

Ta-dah! ;3

Hope this guide has been helpful~ wtf.

Sorry, I'm just bored out of my wits for now.

T_T

Number 85

2009-07-24T17:50:00.003+08:00

Today marks the 14th year one of my dear best friend has set foot on earth (:
She's pretty, smart, thoughtful, and somebody you can definitely count on.
Yeah, you guessed it (:

HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY BABE (:

14 already, gosh. The second one from CAMPY to be 14 ;p
Thank you for all the good times (: And thank you for being there.
I cannot deny that we aren't as close as before, but I'm grateful that we're still friends (:
And I'm really sorry that I couldn't make it to school today to wish you face to face ):

Anyhoo, I wish you all the best in life dear. Love you :D

Number 84

2009-07-24T03:33:00.004+08:00

This is another Percy Jackson post, just so you know ;)

Right, so I never did mention that I've already read Percy Jackson's fifth and last book, did I? I bought it when I was out with Phon. Because I'm such a stingy individual, I was hesitant to fork out RM 59.90 ): But I did so in the end. You can go ask Phon how indecisive I was like ;p

It was a good read (:

I'm not really going to write a review on this. You just have to read it for yourself. An yes, this is partly because I'm sort of lazy too ;p

Oh, and have you heard? Percy Jackson and the Olympians; The Lightning Thief is being made into a movie, directed by Chris Columbus. Will be screening on 2010. Can't wait (:

They cast…

Logan Lerman as Percy Jackson

Alexandra Daddario as Annabeth

Brandon Jackson as Grover

Rest of the casting can be found here.

And a scene from the movie:

I don't exactly recall what part of the book this is, but. . .
OMGWTF, Annabeth isn't blonde. Nor does she have grey eyes.
):

But anyhow, I still can't wait for the movie.

Number 83

2009-07-20T03:26:00.001+08:00

Cempaka Box Office Production; Fame the Musical has officially ended around 3 and a half hours ago. It's be the 5th and last time I watched it. And the one word I'd use to describe it is emotional. It really showed how close the whole cast and crew is (:

Anyways, from the start;

I reached school at around 6.50 pm and headed to the North Hall and one of the dancers, Kimberly, came up to me and asked me to sign her program book. Trust me, I didn't know her, but it was a pleasant surprise.
They then were having the director's call. The CPAC teachers were giving acknowledgments to just about everyone involved in Fame but very little of it was to the videographers and none at all for the photographers ):
I know I know, why should we be acknowledged, huh? Bahh.

Well anyways, waited for Natasya and En Hermi to show up. Got the other shirts for the media crew from En Hermi. Then he told me to go take pictures of the crowd in front of the hall. I guessed there was a big crowd because it started late :p

Claudillea played Serena this time. And as always, she did a great job (: But out of the five times I've watched Fame, I only got to see Aiman as Serena once ):
The show was as good as ever (: Some cast members started to tear up during the last song.

I stayed back after the show to get some pictures. Practically the whole cast was crying then. And on a random note, I also hugs and free cookies too x)

Then headed up to the bus terminal to wait for my dad to pick me up. Some time later Brian came up and accompanied me there. I gave him one of my cookies ;p We talked and I got to know that he plans to take up law too. And he might be chaning schools ): Grr.
After a while later, his ride came and he offered me a ride home (because I was practically alone) but I said it was okay. Thought my dad was going to come soon anyways. Man, was I wrong. I waited some while more and in the end I got a ride from Aiman.

Turned out my dad fell asleep and forgot to pick me up. Ouch :/

Number 82

2009-07-17T22:55:00.001+08:00

So Year 9 has come to an end ): Last day of Year 9 was spent watching CeMA and people being thrown/jumping into the pool. Then back at class, was taking pictures with of people and with them ;p

Man, this kinda sucks. Yr 9 really has gone by quick. Wasn’t the start of Term 2 just a few days ago? I’m going to seriously miss those who are changing schools ): And Year 10 is going to be super hard. Or so I like to think. Single sciences and add maths :S Gahh.

ZOMG, I just realised.. Year 9 didn’t have our class photo taken ): Wtff.

Sooo need a Year 9 outing soon.

On another note (which isn't exactly a happier one),

Harimau was the last for house cup this year ): So Sheila and Weng Kee was thrown into the pool. I thought it should’ve been Catherine though.

But it’s the year of the tiger next year, so watch out ;) Rawr.

Our iMovie was okay I guess. Way better than last year’s one though, I must say.

Anyway, congrats to Beruang for winning iMovie and to Seladang for the house cup. You guys sure made a comeback this year.

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Already am missing Year 9 :'(

Number 81

2009-07-14T22:55:00.002+08:00

Today was CIS Report Card Day. I was assigned as a "runner". My job was to go call the students up from the waiting room when their parents are already there. Wasn't too keen on running up and down 2 flight of stairs but it wasn't that bad in the end. Most of the parents who came had their children with them so yeah ;p

Anyways, I didn't get to collect my report card because Ms. Bashira (my tutor) wasn't around. But I did get to see my results from Ms Ong. My checkpoint results for Science and Maths were surprisingly okay. It was my results for English Checkpoint that totally brought me down.
I mean, I get the highest score in the year but my checkpoint results aren't even up to par.

Screw it.

Number 80

2009-07-13T22:39:00.002+08:00

This is an idea for everyone who’s getting their report cards tomorrow ;P

Good luck peeps!

Number 79

2009-07-13T00:04:00.000+08:00

Awww.

Number 78

2009-07-12T23:36:00.003+08:00

Some memorable quotes from Ice Age 3 -

Manny: She's their mother!
Sid: How do I know she's their mother?
Manny: What do you want, a birth certificate? She's a dinosaur!

Sid: (about the baby mammoth) It's a boy!
Diego: That's a tail
Sid: It's a girl!

Buck: Are you ready for adventure?
Crash, Eddie: Yes, sir!
Buck: For danger?
Crash, Eddie: Yes, sir!
Buck: For death?
Eddie: Uhh, can you repeat the question?

lol (:

Number 77

2009-07-12T21:07:00.005+08:00

Okay, so I was supposed to got to England for summer with my sister and we were going to stay with my aunt and uncle. And I didn't even asked for this trip. It was my parents who asked whether I'd like to go ;O

Believe me, I was really looking forward to this vacation. I was prepared to come back from UK with a gazillion pictures. I think I was even about to buy a new memory card just in case.

BUT, like 2 weeks ago my mum was against the idea of my sister and I going to England. Because of the risk of getting H1N1 D: I mean, I get where my mum is coming from, but naturally I was upset. Eventually I got over it.

And two days ago, I stumbled upon http://www.banksy.co.uk/
Click here for the "trailer".

I instantly fell in love with the art! But the downside, it's all happening in UK! D: The country I was supposed to go for summer! D:

Banksy is a British street and graffiti artist. He remains anonymous and often draws in high visibility public places such as on buildings or train stations. His paintings often are about politics, war, etc.
And apparently, he was brought up in Bristol. That's where Skins took place! :D

Some of his art -

And of course some of his art are of funny nature -

His arts are awesome, no?

Ngh, I wanna go to England for summer ): Stupid H1N1.

Number 76

2009-07-12T02:46:00.004+08:00

RAG (Really, Anything Goes) Day was rather tiring for me. While everybody was learning something new in their assigned rooms, I instead was walking around school snapping photographs. I really hope I can still get me 10% :S

Pictures can be found on my facebook, so click here.

Sorry for the short post. Nothing much to blog about for my RAG day. All I did was walk around school with my DSLR. Oh, and with June too ;p

Number 75

2009-07-05T00:31:00.009+08:00

Remember my list of Top 5 hot guys? Well, here's Mitch Hewer and ATM, he's on the top of the list (:

I don't know what he's doing but will you look at that? :D

He plays Maxxie from Skins (which is a British series) and that's how I found out he existed ;p And yes, Maxxie is my favourite character from Skins (:

Happy Belated birthday Mitch (July 1st, 1989)!

Anyways, this post is also dedicated to Alena, because we rock like that.

Number 74

2009-07-01T21:03:00.004+08:00

Finals are over!

But then again, that means Yr 9 will soon be too ):
I'm mean, I'm just starting to get settled in! Yes, it took me this long. But I've been spending quite some time with probation, and at earlier times, with broadcasting too.

Anyways, speaking about probation - I passed it (:
Congrats to the other probates, or should I say, prefects (: Or profects, I don't know xD
And thank you the seniors! Especially Julie, Afiq, Vikram, Momoko and Ranil - my assigned seniors :D

OKAY. Updates on my finals.

Day 1
Literature - Phew. I wrote quite a lot until my hands started to hurt. But I think I did well. Well, I hope at least. Especially Section C, since I couldn't think of a good storyline.

History - Eek. Another paper which requires you to write a lot! And it came right after Literature so my hand practically died. There were some questions which basically needed short, straightforward answers and so I just wrote it as it is. Then only after handing in the paper, I thought to myself; It's a history paper. All answers should've been a page-long. -smacks forehead-

French - So much harder than previous papers. Tried my best to fill in everything, but why do I feel like I didn't do so well ;p

Day 2
English P1 - It wasn't so bad. Was pretty confident with it. Then when I went through the paper I had some careless mistakes! Score: 55/60

Business Studies - I didn't leave out so many questions this time, so yay? I'm not really confident about this. I heard quite a lot of people did pretty bad for this paper so I'm just going cross my fingers.

English P4 - I thought I did pretty well in this but I've got to admit I spent too much time thinking about what to write than actually writing. I got my results back and and I apparently I was marked quite harshly compared to most others because of the expectations everybody have on me when it comes to English. And I didn't reach that expectation.Ugh. Score: 16/20

Day 3
Science - I didn't leave any questions out! Yay for that! :D But bahh, if I have actually studied, I could've done better. But hey, I managed to get an A (: Score: 80/100

Art - What is there to say about this? ;P

Day 4
Maths - Omg, this was actually pretty easy! :D Wait, lemme rephrase that - it wasn't that difficult. Joy! :D Score - 41/70

ICT - It was a lot harder than usual :S Hope I did okay.

Geography - Eek. Harder than last term's paper :/ Totally crapped for some questions ;p

Day 5
Malay P4 - Okay, I swear my BM vocabulary have detoriated :S I wrote some words in English because I totally forgot them in Malay. Ugh, pathetic.

Malay P2 - It was sooo much better than Paper 4 so yay for that.

Mandarin - 老师 decided to have pinyin in the paper! :D I think I did pretty well. Maybe guessed one or two question, but oh well.

And that was it, the end of finals! :D

Number 73

2009-06-30T01:40:00.001+08:00

Proper update coming soon. Hopefully.

Number 72

2009-06-23T20:07:00.003+08:00

UPDATED 5.00pm 23 June 2009.
As of today, the Cheras Campus will close for the rest of the week. School will resume on Monday 29 June. Please continue to check this space everyday in case of further changes.

So far, a total of 2 students, from Form 4 Sc 2 and Form 4 Commerce, Cempaka Cheras have been tested positive for the H1N1 virus.The first student, diagnosed over the weekend, has recovered fully, and the second was just diagnosed yesterday evening.

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The Secondary School will go into Cempaka@Home mode.
i.e. lessons will still continue from home via the VLE and the One to One environment in the secondary school. It is vital that you remain in touch with their lessons even if they have to stay at home.
The students’ manual will be posted this evening.

Eek, are you serious? I want to get finals over and done with ):

And we have to be in front of our mac for 7 ++ hours? Mummy’s not going to be happy.

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Updates on finals (so far) will be coming up soon!

And dead links are removed from my list. Do inform if you want me to link again.

Number 71

2009-06-21T23:08:00.003+08:00

It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals
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It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals
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It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals
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It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals . It's just finals

OMG FINALS!

Number 70

2009-06-16T22:11:00.006+08:00

Okay, so I owe you guys proper updates. But this won't be it ;p

Anyways!

6th Sept 2007 - 15th June 2009
R.I.P Melody's Braces

Melody's braces pretty much was a pain.
But it was all for a good cause (:

Yeah, you can ignore Melanie's face in the last two pictures ;p Just needed to show you guys my braces-less teeth :D

Number 69

2009-06-15T09:13:00.002+08:00

I do not enjoy being restricted.

Just thought you should know (:

Number 68

2009-06-13T20:29:00.002+08:00

That long lost feeling.

Number 67

2009-06-11T23:17:00.004+08:00

Yes yes, I haven't updated for some time now. But this one occasion I can't miss blogging (:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOANNE :D

Already 15 auntie ;p
Nawh, you're still young. So don't worry :D

I still remember all those times we'd laugh at god-knows-what.
And you being the awesome senior photographer! :D

I wish you all the best in life and whatever you do (:

love yooouuuuu :D

Number 66

2009-05-31T17:33:00.002+08:00

Hearts to the World [29th May 09]
Photo Credit: Me

I reached school at around 6 and had loads of things (ice box, ice, tons of drinks, cups) to carry down, so had help from Azlin and Kevin. Thanks guys! :D

So my group was selling pizzas, doughnuts and drinks. And man, business was good! :D Everything was sold except for like 4 doughnuts ;P Only had 3 people handling the booth though - Azlin, Poh-Lyn and I.

Majority of the people left South Hall and went to the North Hall at around 7.45 ish. I stayed for a while though. Watched people trying to hit the pinata from from the CADAS booth. HILARIOUS! :D Melanie kept leading them away from the pinata. And later I even got to try it myself, but not only did I hit the pinata - I hit Melanie's head too ;P Can't blame me, I was blindfolded xD

Only later did I proceed to the North Hall. Sorry for the lack of pictures as I lent Helmi my camera battery. Eesh, he so owes me ;p So come on photographers, pictures!
Anyways, performances were splendid (: I enjoyed all of it.

When the performances ended, Bryan and Hao Zi was called up stage to be appointed as new profects :D It was also Hao Zi's last day though ): It was so sad. And everybody went backstage to line up to hug her xD

Really going to miss you badly Hao Zi ): Remember to come back and visit :D

Stayed back until 11 pm ++ to help clean up the South Hall. Phew.

Think Con [30th may 09]
Photo Credit: Me

Reached school somewhere before 9 am xD My duty was to help manage Consulting Detective for the lower secondary. We has it in the N1 block, and it was pretty interesting. I would've loved to try it out myself.

Phibs, Penny & Ju Ann
They also managed Consulting Detective for lower secondary.

This is where the participants come to for further informartion and clues :D

Jason. So cute xD

Form 3

Yr 9

After about an hour there, Phibs decided to entertain herself (and the rest of us).

LOL! Phibs, oh Phibs. She was so fascinated xD

When Consulting Detective was done, I went down to the North Hall to join in the fun. Before actually playing some of the board games, I went around taking pictures!

Ricochet Robot - Upper Primary

Hmm, this game has something to do with stocks? xD

Once Upon a Time ! :D omg loovvveeee.

Lifeboats

Blokus! :D loovvveeeee

King of Siam

Carcason (sp?)

Ricochet Robot - Lower Secondary
Class category won by Yr 9 Terra :D and individual category won by Dexter Au :D

I hung around in the canteen with the CEC people and had nice little "talking" sessions with Amanda. Zomg, miss talking to her so much D:

But all in all, the 2 days were all good ;)

*More pictures on my facebook. And remember to inform&credit if you want to use my pictures.

Number 65

2009-05-25T17:48:00.014+08:00

Save The World week

Day 1
Photo Credit: Me

So Day 1 kicked off with the students doing some electrolysis experiment. They had to light up this LED light with the stuff provided. For some reason, some people enjoyed the smell of vinegar o_o Haha. The South Hall was pretty much packed. A lot of the students were pretty restless. After break, primary had the same thing. But Cat occupied time with some questions, and you have no idea how enthusiastic they were.

Secondary

Cat & the lil kids

Enthusiastic, no?

Ee Von demonstrating the experiment to the lil kids

Day 2
Photo Credit: Kanako Uchimura

Today was the inter-house quiz. This year, En Raphael did the question asking instead of Dr Rizal. There were a lot of interesting questions, and I learn about some things that I didn't know. And I have to admit, I felt a little frustrated when Harimau couldn't answer some pretty simple questions, but oh well :/
One of the Cempaka questions were which house won the first Sports Day. I swear, I knew it was the blue house, but it wasn't called Beruang yet. It was BM for dove, but I had no idea what it wa called )': Times like this, I wish my BM was better.

Beruang

Harimau

LOL! :D

Anyways, the results:
1st - Beruang
2nd - Seladang
3rd - Helang
4th - Harimau

After that was the screening of the movie "11th Hour". A lot of students clapped, but obviously for the wrong reason - the movie ended.
Are you for real, people?

Day 3
Photo Credit: Kanako Uchimura

Prize Giving today. I finally got my Ultimate Frisbee medal :D But I wasn't there for the group picture D':
After that was Maths Olympiad. I'm not sure what happened as I had to get ready for debate. But from what I heard, Seladang is leading.

Anyways, this year I was in debate. Thought I wouldn't have the guts to join debate again after my massive wreckage in Yr 7, but guess I was wrong ;P
Our 3 speakers for the day were Weng Kee, Joshua and I. Iqmal and Wei Qin was our researcher. We were going against Seladang.

Our topic were: "Parents should be allowed to choose the gender of their offspring" and we were oposing the statement.

LOL. For some reason, we blinked/had our eyes closed at the same time xD
Praying, maybe?

I didn't do so bad, I think xD
But ZOMG, round face D:

Discussing for the rebuttal

And even though we lost, I'm super proud of my team, and Harimau as a whole (: It was nice to hear the harimau spirit again (:

Oh right, and quite surprisingly, I got Best Speaker (:

Day 4
Photo Credit: Me

Today was the 3R Fashion show. The designs were massive. The only downside was the stage lighting was crap and it was a little too short.

After that we had a recital by 3 musicians from Spain. Only 2 performed though, and they were really good (:

Day 5
So today was the closing ceremony for STW week and finals for the inter-house debate.
Harimau vs Helang; the topic was "Books are better than Telivision in teaching" and Harimau was proposing. This time our speakers were Iqmal, Joshua Lee and I (WK had Silver) and our researchers were Josh and Wei Qin.

We managed to get the 3rd place (: And Joshua Lee bagged the Best Speaker Award :D

Seladang vs Beruang; their topic was "Mothers makes better parents than fathers", and man, it got pretty personal (not between the debaters, but the members of the floor).

So, the results;
1st - Seladang
2nd - Beruang
3rd - Harimau
4th - Helang

So there you go, one nice update!

Hearts to the World and Think Con coming up!

Number 64

2009-05-24T15:52:00.003+08:00

"Raising awareness with the Performing Arts."

Date: Friday, 29 May 2009

Time: 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Venue: North Hall, South Hall; Cempaka Cheras

Attire: Casual wear, preferably in the shades of blue, green or black; Save the World shirts will be welcomed as well!

Organised by: CADAS, PAPS, & Save the World -- Umbrella Societies of Cempaka Schools

Ticket Pricing:
• First 20 buyers (Early Bird): RM15
• Each consecutive buyer: RM20
• At the door buyers: RM25

What'll be going on:
• North Hall: A rock band-esque concert featuring the winners of Talentime: Save the World from both Campuses, as well as a variety of performances.
• South Hall: A wide selection of booths headed by our school's societies will be placed around the hall to sell various products or even games and to promote their club, while in the center there will a platform for representatives from each of the umbrella societies to talk about this year's different campaigns.

Links:
• Facebook

p/s: Re-blogged from Bernard Sam and image credit goes to Wong Voon Fei.

Number 63

2009-05-18T18:41:00.004+08:00

Watched Star Trek yesterday with the sister. Chris Pine is hot in this movie ;)

AND

Apparently, Zachary Quinto can't do the "Live Long and Prosper" sign so he had to have his fingers glued together xD

Oh right, go watch the movie!

(Yeah yeah, I'm too lazy to write reviews anymore)

Number 62

2009-05-18T18:31:00.003+08:00

Mhmm. Expert at at being fat, or fat professionals?

Yeah, you might be experts at fat but you don't fare too well in English, do you?

There was this stall that sold bread near my house, and this is their business card.
I don't think it's going to do any good to their business :/
HAHA.

Number 61

2009-05-16T23:41:00.009+08:00

Went out to Mid Valley with Phon and Charles. Omg, haven't been hanging out with them for too long. And ZOMG, Charles is officially taller than me ): Mehh.

Anyways, we got tickets for Push then had lunch at McD's. Headed to the arcade to kill some time before the movie. The guys spent wayy too long in there. The games were pretty lame, sorry ;P

His supposed "gaming" face. Do you see his lips (or the lack of it)?

Phon being bored while waiting for Charles.

And while we were waiting for Charles to finish his game, Phon was acting all weird and stuff :S Ech :/ It was freaky xD

We headed to the theaters after that but GUESS WHAT? We were stopped because we didn't look like we were 18 and Push was PG 18. Wtff. I didn't get why the movie was PG 18.
So we were dragged back to the counter to get tickets for another movie -____-
Everything was either something we weren't interested in, something we've previously watched or it's PG 18. So in the end, after much hesitation, we settled for Battle for Terra, which was rated PG 13. It wasn't really that good, and I really didn't get why it was rated PG 13 -__-

After the movie we took a taxi to Charles' house @ Taman Desa. It was a total bore because he was too busy testing out Killzone 2 which only allowed 1 player. Charles isn't exactly the best host ;P
We finally decided to leave his room and watch TV in the living room. Phon ordered pizza and screamed bondage before hanging up.
That's when we found out that Caffy (Charles' newer dog) had menstruation!HAHA. OMG, his mum was at Japan and his maid, for some reason, wasn't at home at that time. So we had to search his house for pampers :/

I think Charles got desperate and started looking for them in the fridge xD
And since Phon was being too lazy, we made him hold on to Caffy.

And please don't ask me why they're topless. Apparently they felt too warm and didn't care about the fact that I was a girl. I guess they thought I wouldn't mind, seeing as I'm guyish ;P

So in the end we found the pampers, failed at putting it on Caffy, gave up, Charles blamed me as I'm a girl, and we had pizza. Pfft.

10 minutes before my parents arrived to pick me up, Phon and Charles was entertaining me with stories they made up about my ever so scary father :/ LOL!

Today was okay, but could've gone better ;P

p/s: Apparently, Jonathan saw me ;O
p/p/s: Sorry to my readers for having to see a picture of Phon topless xP

Number 60

2009-05-14T18:56:00.019+08:00

I am so so bored, even though I should be studying for History and finish off some work.
So here's a list of my Top 5 hot guys;

1) Busted

Namely James.

2) McFly

Namely Danny and Dougie (:

3) Tom Felton (Yes, that guy that plays Draco Malfoy)

Mean guys can be hot too x)

4) Tommy Bastow

5) Last but definitely not least, Cam Gigandet (:

Yums ♥ Notice that 4 spots are taken by British guys? x)
By the way, this is listed in no particular order.

Okay, off to dinner.
Then going to revise and get some work done.

Number 59

2009-05-12T21:26:00.003+08:00

Watched A Walk to Remember today. One of the sweetest movies I've ever watched. And that's saying a lot, especially coming from someone who's totally not into romance/sappy movies.
I mean, I wasn't interested in watching this in the first place. But when I did, woah.

Landon Carter (Shane West) is the most considerate guy I've seen. He's too sweet ((: To those who have watched this, know someone like that in reality?
Yeah well, too bad it's a movie eh?

This movie did not make me cry, but it did touch me (:

Number 58

2009-05-10T18:55:00.003+08:00

I made and printed this out for my mum xD

Yeah yeah, it's corny, but true. I really am truly grateful of all that my mum has done for me, even though I don't really show it. Hey, I'm stoical. So sue me.

Happy Birthday Weng Kee! :D
I swear, this guy can crack you up no matter what.
I really enjoy talking to him. I'll always end up laughing ! x)
If not, our conversations would leave me wondering about life and so.

I wish you all the best in whatever you do ! (:
And try to look at the brighter side of life more often, kays?
I, along with others, believe in you (:

Number 57

2009-05-08T17:05:00.005+08:00

Last day of checkpoint. Not too happy still ):

So after break we started to prepare for C-News. The preparation took longer than what we planned for so it was delayed to after lunch.

During lunch I went to the YJC room for this special meeting. Apart from me, only Kanako and 4 other juniors showed up. So bleh.
Well, the meeting was to appoint 2 new seniors. Guess who? ;)
(Answer will be blogged about soon)

I didn't stay for too long because I had to leave at 1 for my orthodontist appointment.
So I missed out the actual broadcast. Grr.

But on the plus side, 2 more appointments before I can have my braces off :D
On the not so plus side, I couldn't manage to hand in my achievements because I had to leave early. Doh.

Happy Birthday to Hao Zi! :|

All the best in Germany! Going to miss you and your never ending smiles x)

Happy Birthday to Andrew Woo! :D
Omg, old already x) I joke. Anyways, enjoy 18! And all the best when you start college!
And keep up the good job in photography! ((:

Number 56

2009-05-05T20:18:00.004+08:00

Rent; the must watch movie ((:

Rent carries a strong message, at the same time maintaining the humorous and distinctive style.

Not for the ~~faint-hearted~~ narrow-minded.

"There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last"

"The opposite of war isn't peace. It's creation"

"No day but today"

"Forget regret, or life is yours to miss"

"Let he among us without sin be the first to condemn"

Number 55

2009-04-30T17:23:00.006+08:00

Annual Talentime 09 was held today ((: Theme for this year was Save The World.

I have to agree with some students that this year's Talentime wasn't as impressive, maybe due to the little number of performances and that the performers had limited songs to choose from to be able to stick to the theme. But other than that, the performers were great ! (:

Today I had duty for YJC so yes, I have pictures :D

But before that, lets get to the results;
1st Place - Claudillea Holloway
2nd Place - William Sin
3rd Place - Chinese Drummers

Okay, so PICTURES! (I'm not going to upload pictures of all performers as it'll take too long. If anyone wants pictures that I didn't upload, just inform me)

Cathy & Zenna

William

I'm not too sure what her name is, but I think her dance was awesome :D

Michael and Jin Woo. Beatboxers ! :D

Claudillea, whom I must add did an amazing job ((:

Them Chinese Drummers :D

After that I headed up to the broadcasting studio with Melanie and June to prepare for C-News. It was actually supposed to be on Monday but En Raphael decides to have it on Thursday instead. We had at least 3 hours to get ready but our end product was totally wrecked.

And here's a few reason why;
• We delayed and went on live when students have already started packing.
• There were massive technical glitches so we had to go through it without a lot of footages.
• The anchors did not have a script prepared as they insisted that they are able to come up with one on the spot. It wasn't that bad, but I think it could've been better with a script.

So we're doing another live tomorrow, this time in the morning. So remember to switch on your TVs! :D

Number 54

2009-04-26T20:01:00.001+08:00

Oh, and did I mention that the Annual Sports Day '09 is the same date that marks the 13th year Calvin Ong has been on planet Earth? (:

If you know him, you would agree that he'll definitely be successful in life (:
This cheeky guy is able to please just about anyone with his work.
And man, he's so natural in broadcasting (:

Happy Birthday kid ((:
All the best in life. And remember not to wear yourself out, kay?

Number 53

2009-04-26T19:45:00.031+08:00

Sports Day '09

After all the years I've been in Cempaka, this is the first that I didn't run or participate in anything for Sports Day :/ But I'm definitely running for next year (:

I arrived at Bukit Jalil at 8.30 am, just in time for march pass, which also meant I was late :/ I'm so so sorry guys! ): Anyways, I was too busy watching so I didn't get many pictures :/ And I hung around with June for a while. Lets skip the very little march pass pictures I have x)

En Hermi, Natasya and I went over to the sukaneka first. The little kids were TOO adorable x3 I have to admit I was a tad biased and took more pictures of lil' harimau kids x)

The ever so adorable kids x)

GO HARIMAU x3

Other cuties from other houses :3

I didn't get manage to get most of the 100m/200m events because it was going on the same time as sukaneka :/ So bleh.

Track pictures -

Random Pictures -

Tug of War (Parents vs Teachers) -

Parents

Teachers

The results were announced at around 1.15. Im'ma skip the parents/teachers prize giving part, so sorry :/

Anyways, for House-Deco! Seladang from both campuses got 1st. In Cheras, it's followed by Helang, Beruang, then Harimau.

Congrats guys! :D

After that was the Games Carnival results. First place in Cempaka Damansara went to Harimau!

Go Harimau! :D Congrats guys! :D

In Cheras, first place was Helang, followed by Harimau, Seladang then Beruang.Congrats! :D

After that, it was the march pass results. For Damansara, first place goes to Beruang.

And in Cheras, first place went to Helang.
And finally, the results for the Annual Sports Day 09.... First place goes to SELADANG!

They were super happy ((: Congrats guys ! :D

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Okay, all that aside. I have to say I'm rather disappointed at Sports Day '09. Harimau is usually quite strong at track and field but somehow we managed to get last this year ): Meh.

Ah wells, no point complaining. All we can do is improve for next year. After all, next year will be our year (:

Number 52

2009-04-26T19:01:00.000+08:00

lets run away to a place where the truth means nothing.

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I want to stop caring. I'd like to stop believing. I just want to give up and breathe again.

How in the world did I get myself into this mess?

Image credit goes to Jason Chan.

Number 51

2009-04-25T23:18:00.003+08:00

Harimau Cheras Cheer Pictures!
Just because I felt like it ;P

I <3 you tigers ((:
We did well this year :D But lets blow them all away next year (:
(Even though I most probably won't be joining ;P)

p/s: Photo credits go to Kanako Uchimura

Number 50

2009-04-25T15:43:00.004+08:00

Ugh, what a BORING day. It has been so UNEVENTFUL! This day is sooo BAD! How UGLY can a day be? I mean, days shouldn't even be described as ugly, but today should be an exception because it's HORRIBLE!

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Oh right, and it's also Samuel's birthday ;P

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMMY! :D

That gay Archuleta fan, Melanie-itis victim, and that other klutz.
The ever so adorable Sammy. He thinks he's evil bad but he's just in denial ;P And did I tell you how much in common Melanie and him is? :O
But he's still a great friend nonetheless ((: Yes, he frustrates me countless of times, but he's always there to help and listen (: Did I mention that he lacks a backbone so I have to constantly stand up for him? -_____-

All in all, he's an awesome friend and is like a little brother to me (:

For this birthday, I wish for you a backbone so you can stand up for yourself ;P

Enjoy 15 :D

p/s: I didn't mean the whole "horrible day" thing.

Number 49

2009-04-24T01:38:00.004+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KANAKO UCHIMURA :D !

The ever so awesome head of YJC Photography Club :D
And there very adorable Japanese girl (along with Momoko xD)

All the best in life Kana! :D

YOU ARE OFFICIALLY 15! :O
Love you! :D
-hugs-

Okay, so on the 24th, most of the YJC Photographers gathered in the YJC room for Kanako's surprise party. Even Encik Hermi was there :D

While waiting for the birthday girl to arrive.

I was by the door waiting to get Kana's possible "surprised" face, but she ran in, so the picture turned out like this -

Meh ):

Cake time :D

Another group picture! :D (with non-YJC members)

I don't think it was that much of a surprise for Kanako as most probably she has suspected something would happen ;P But I could tell she enjoyed it ((: